http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20110415_Lots_of_vroom_for_questions_in_this_sto...
I never knew it was so easy to steal a Ferrari or 2
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April 15, 2011 8:39 p.m. carguy123 SuperDork
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April 15, 2011 8:52 p.m. JoeyM SuperDork
I suspect he was motivated more by the theft - and the rush of doing it - than by the car.
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April 15, 2011 11:30 p.m. Derick Freese Dork
I also suspect that he never thought he was going to be caught, especially after getting away with it in the past, so moved up in the world to a more expensive car.
Most people dream of driving a car like that. He got his wish. What I find funny is that it wasn't him that ultimately caused the car to be devalued, but the FBI. Heck, if that car hadn't been crashed, it probably would have been worth more than any of the other F50s.
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April 16, 2011 5:51 a.m. Twin_Cam SuperDork
The Main Line. Excuse me while I roll my eyes. They would be impressed with someone coming in a throwing words around like that guy did. Your self-worth is measured in how many luxury SUVs you own and the square-footage of your house down there.
Me personally, though, I'd take a car that was better-looking...
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April 16, 2011 7:27 a.m. tb Reader
In reply to Twin_Cam:
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April 16, 2011 7:37 a.m. byron12 Reader
Twin_Cam wrote:
The Main Line. Excuse me while I roll my eyes. They would be impressed with someone coming in a throwing words around like that guy did. Your self-worth is measured in how many luxury SUVs you own and the square-footage of your house down there.
Me personally, though, I'd take a car that was better-looking...
Yeah I can't help but think its funny when snobs get ripped off by con men who understand the phsycology of snobbery.
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April 16, 2011 7:50 a.m. Luke SuperDork
It's hard not to romanticize this type of thievery just a little bit. I. e. suave con man steals Ferrari from the rich, then doesn't even bother leaving the country, vs. jerk who rips off an "ordinary" car for his liquor store hold-up.
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April 16, 2011 8:41 a.m. Teh E36 M3 HalfDork
Yeah, that was actually pretty cool. I would agree that the car would be worth more than normal f50's because of its history.
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April 16, 2011 9:32 a.m. shadetree30 Reader
["]A few months after the F50 was wrecked, Baker was sentenced to eight months in prison but was allowed to serve just two days per week so he could " make his scheduled flight from Lexington, Ky., to Orlando, Fla., for purposes of his employment."["]
And the jerk who's ripped off an 'ordinary' car for his liquor store holdup is doing three-to-five...
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April 16, 2011 9:58 a.m. Luke SuperDork
shadetree30 wrote:
["]A few months after the F50 was wrecked, Baker was sentenced to eight months in prison but was allowed to serve just two days per week so he could " make his scheduled flight from Lexington, Ky., to Orlando, Fla., for purposes of his employment."["]
Didn't read that part. I wonder if he was obligated to make some sort of announcement to his passengers.
Uhhh...folks, this is your Captain speaking...uhhh...looks like fine weather ahead and by-the-way I'm a convicted criminal.
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April 16, 2011 12:48 p.m. bluesideup Reader
You can't be a felon and work at the airport any more. I do wonder which airline he flew for back in the mid 90s though. Orlando may have been Comair or Delta I think back then.
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April 16, 2011 1:13 p.m. JoeyM SuperDork
Luke wrote:
It's hard not to romanticize this type of thievery just a little bit. I. e. suave con man steals Ferrari from the rich,
He was probably pretty well off himself
http://www.pea.com/imd/airline-pilot-salary.html
American Airlines: 1st yr F/O: $31,080 and 10th yr Captain $123,420
Delta Airlines: 1st yr F/O: $50,400 and 10th yr Captain $204,636
UPS: 1st yr F/O: $26,004 and 10th yr Captain $200,508
Southwest: 1st yr F/O: $42,960 and 10th yr Captain $159,000
ATA: 1st yr F/O: $36,000 and 10th yr Captain $136,632
Airborne Express: 1st yr F/O $28,536 and 10th yr Captain $146,184
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April 16, 2011 1:46 p.m. Teh E36 M3 HalfDork
I'm a pilot. Those numbers are pretty accurate, but it's a tough road to get there. Pilots are no longer making captain in five years- think 10 at a minimum. That said, I'd take the job if I could get it after I retire from the military. It's long haul before you start making the "good" money. I realized that you can easily make that kind of money in the professional world in a much shorter period. You have to want to be a pilot. Bad.
I just sorta dig the notion that they guy had the chutzpah (sp?) to walk in and pull that off. And they didn't have a clue who he was- no hood, no gun, just some fast talkin'.
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April 16, 2011 2:13 p.m. bluesideup Reader
Teh E36 M3 is right on. I'm also a high speed aluminum tubing operator. It is a long and sometimes impossible road before you could be considered well off. You'd probably have to be running coke across the border to afford an F50 as a pilot.
Sounds like a guy who was very intelligent and had some serious psychological issues.
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April 16, 2011 9:05 p.m. GTwannaB Reader
Steeling a car on a test drive seems easy. I prefer this Mission Impossible style heist
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/crime/2011/03/guy-fieri-lamborghini-stolen-san-fra...
I wonder if Guy is still crying into his pizza.
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April 16, 2011 9:09 p.m. JoeyM SuperDork
GTwannaB wrote:
Steeling a car on a test drive seems easy. I prefer this Mission Impossible style heist
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/crime/2011/03/guy-fieri-lamborghini-stolen-san-fra...
Esparza said the suspect rappelled down from the roof of the building, entered through a window and drove away in a yellow 2008 Lamborghini Gallardo two-door convertible, a car priced at more than $200,000.
Read more at the San Francisco Examiner: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/crime/2011/03/guy-fieri-lamborghini-stolen-san-fra...
I admit, that has style....
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April 17, 2011 7:43 a.m. Teh E36 M3 HalfDork
I hope you aren't talking about Fieri.
